Car fire closes coffee drive-thru

One of the busiest places in Ukiah was closed Tuesday morning after a car caught fire in the drive-thru of Starbucks on East Perkins Street around 8 a.m.

No injuries were reported as the three occupants of the car quickly exited the vehicle, which was fully engulfed. The building was briefly threatened but the fire was quickly extinguished as several members of both the Ukiah Fire Department and Ukiah Valley Fire District responded.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. The business is still open but the drive-thru closed for about two hours.

Only the menu signs were damaged by the smoke and the drive-thru was reopened around 10 a.m. according to employees.